Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies
From: Psychotherapy mediated by remote communication technologies: a meta-analytic review
Study | Country | Target population | Recruitment | Sample size | Outcomes | Follow-up | Follow-up rate | CCDAN score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hunkele r (2000) | US | Depressed primary care patients | GP referral | 302 | HAMD, BDI, SF-12 | Baseline, 6 w, 6 m | 90% at 6 w, 85% at 6 m | 25 |
Lange (2001) | Netherlands | Psychology students with trauma experience | From student pool in return for course credits | 30 | IES, SCL-90, POMS | Baseline, 5 w, 11 w | 83% at 5 w, 27% at 11 w | 18 |
Lange (2003) | Netherlands | Individuals with mild-relatively severe trauma symptoms | Website contact | 184 | IES, SCL-90 | Baseline, 5 w, 11 w | 79% at 5 w, 31% at 11 w | 21 |
Lovell (2006) | UK | Secondary care outpatients with OCD | Screening clinics | 72 | YBOCs, BDI | Pre-baseline, baseline, 1 m, 3 m, 6 m | 90% at 6 m | 36 |
Lynch (1997) | US | Primary care patients with minor depression | Screening | 29 | BDI, HAMD, DHP, PSI | Baseline, 7 w | 55% at 7 w | 20 |
Lynch (2004) | US | Primary care patients with minor depression | Screening | 54 | BDI, HAMD, DHP | Baseline, 6 w | 57% at 6 w | 17 |
McNam ee (1989) | UK | Housebound agoraphobics with panic disorder | Telephone screening | 23 | BDI, FQ, PT, GP, SA, GI | Baseline, 2 w, 4 w, 6 w, 8 w, 10 w, 12 w, 20 w, 32 w | 78% at 6 w, 61% at 32 w | 22 |
Miller (2002) | US | Women with history of recurrent/chronic depression | Ongoing longitudinal study | 30 | HRSD, GAS SAS-SR | Baseline, 12 w | 80% at 12 w | 22 |
Mohr (2000) | US | Depressed MS patients | Telephone screening | 32 | POMS | Baseline, 8 w | 72% at 8 w | 22 |
Mohr (2005) | US | Depressed primary care patients with MS | MS case registers & MS society newsletters | 127 | BDI, HDRS, PANAS | Baseline, 8 wk, 16 w, 3 m, 6 m, 9 m, 12 m | 91% at 16 w | 31 |
Nelson (2003) | US | Depressed children aged 8–14 yrs | Not clear | 38 | K-SADS-P, CDI | Baseline, 8 w | 74% at 8 w | 13 |
Simon (2004) | US | Depressed primary care patients | Computer records of patients starting new antidepressant treatment | 600 | SCL, PHQ | Baseline, 6 w, 3 m, 6 m | 89% at 6 m | 38 |
Swinson (1995) | Canada | Rural primary care patients suffering from panic disorder with agoraphobia | GP/family physician referral | 46 | FQ, STAI-T, BDI, ASI, SCL-90 | Baseline, 10 w, 3 m | 91% at 10 w, 76% at 3 m | 20 |